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Accounts,

A bill of costs, 1814-1822, of Daniel Price, administrator of the effects of Thomas Price, deceased, to L. Price Jones, Glanyrannell, touching the exchange of the latter's estate of Glanbrane in co. Glamorgan for Glanyrannell, Brondilo, Island, Maestwynog, and Ynis, being copyhold property of Captain [ ] Jones, brother of L. P. Jones, in the manor of Talley, co. Carmarthen; accounts, 1825-1838, touching the sale of properties of L. P. Jones; and an account by David Davies to Lewis Pryse Jones of receipts and payments made at Glanyrannell from 1 March to 30 September, 1837.

Daniel Price, Lewis Price Jones, and David Davies.

Behrens MSS

  • GB 0210 MSBEHRENS
  • Fonds
  • 1814-1904

Manuscripts, deeds, documents, manuscript maps and plans, and printed matter, 1814-1904, relating to David Davies and other members of the Davies family of Llwyn, Cardiganshire, and of Ffrwd-fâl (Froodvale) and Rhosybedw, Carmarthenshire.

Davies, David, 1793-1864

Cirencester Agricultural College,

Farm journal, or Memorandum-Book, for the use of the Students of the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, with weekly labour journal entries by J[ohn] M[organ] Davies for the period 4 March-3 June, 1853; together also with a labour journal by J. M. Davies [at Froodvale] for the weeks ending 21and 28 July, 1854.

John Morgan Davies.

Day book,

Day book of David Davies, 1826-1838, recording farm and household receipts and disbursements, payments of rents, rates, and taxes, etc.

David Davies.

Estate accounts,

  • NLW MS 11775E.
  • File
  • [1835x1850] /
  • Part of Behrens MSS

A draft undated [after 1835] statement of account from D[avi]d Davies to L. P. Jones in connection with the management of the latter's estate.

David Davies.

Estate rentals,

  • NLW MSS 11776-11778E.
  • File
  • 1825-1837 /
  • Part of Behrens MSS

Rentals of the estate of L. P. Jones in cos. Carmarthen and Cardigan, 1825- 1837, together with statements of general account with David Davies, Froodvale.

Lewis Price Jones.

Kidwelly and Penbrey enclosure,

Correspondence, etc., relating largely to the appointment of David Davies, Froodvale, as commissioner under the Kidwelly, St. Mary in Kidwelly, St. Ishmael, and Penbrey Enclosure Act. They include holograph letters, 1848, to David Davies from Fred. L. Brown, Llanelly, R. W. Jones, South Wales Railway, Loughor, Samuel Bowser, Pembrey, and M. J. West, Preston Hall, near Leeds; copy letters, 1848-1855, from David Davies to [Edwd.] Blathwayt, Pelican Inn, Kidwelly, E. C. Ll. Fitzwilliams [Cilgwyn, Newcastle Emlyn], George Thomas, solicitor, Carmarthen, and the Enclosure Commissioners; and a bill of costs of Lewis Morris, solicitor, 1850-1855.

Letters,

Fifteen holograph and autograph letters from Dan[ie]l Price, Talley, to David Davies, Frwdfale, 1820-1840 (a request for birch plants, legal matters including the conveyance of Trewayn [in Llansawel], the specifications of a house to be built by the writer at Trewayn, the tithe apportionment of Conwil Gaio and Llanycrwys) (with one draft reply from David Davies, 1840); and four holograph and autograph letters from W[alter] O. Price, Llandilo, to David Davies, 1829-1832 (the sale of Llethermawr, etc., [in Llandilo] to Lord R[obert] Seymour [of Taliaris] and the valuation of timber thereon, a request to arbitrate in a dispute between two of the writer's tenants).

Daniel Price and Walter O. Price.

Letters,

Sixteen holograph letters from J. Lewis, Ashton Vicarage [Bristol], etc., to David Davies, Froodvale, 1822-1835 (money matters and the recipient's management of the writer's two farms Cefntellch and Bryntelich [in Cynwil Gaeo], the writer's engagement as servant of the boy at Nyssau [Ynysau] Gate, the opinion of the writer's brother Thomas Lewis on a claim made against Evan John, a request for a supply of ale to be provided for the writer at Bryntelich, the commission and military service of the writer's son Charles, a gift of rum and gin to the recipient, the death of the recipient's father, specifications of a cottage to be erected for a labourer at Bryntelich, the marriage of the writer's daughter, a proposed reduction in the number of excisemen, rioting in the recipient's neighbourhood, the 'turbulent state' of Carmarthenshire and the Boroughs following the parliamentary elections [of 1832], the birth of a son [John Morgan Davies] to the recipient); and one holograph letter from George Horton, Ashton Vicarage, to [David] Davies, 182[ ] (a change in the political atmosphere with regard to 'our Question') (with an addition by J. Lewis acknowledging the receipt of bills).

J. Lewis and George Horton.

Letters,

Thirteen holograph letters addressed to David Davies. The writers include Anne Davies, Llwyn [Llan-y-crwys] [1838] (the Brunant affair), Benjamin] Davies, University Coll[ege] Hospital, London, the recipient's son, undated (2) (the progress of the writer's medical studies, personal), and [Sir] D[avid] Davies [surgeon], Hampton [near London], etc., 1827-1848 (10) ( the recipient's management of the Rhosybedw [Llan-y-crwys] estate, the claim of Mr. Lloyd of Brunant [for the payment of principal and interest on a bond executed by Lewis Price of Rhosybedw], the writer's voyage to Malta, Mr. Morgan's reluctance to produce title-deeds [of the Llwyn estate ], a nuisance caused to the writer's premises in Llandovery by the erection of a school house, the writer's proposed visit to Wales, the visit of the recipient's daughter [Anne] to London). The group also includes two draft letters from David Davies to Sir David Davies, 1838-1848 (the claim of Mr. Lloyd of Brunant, Rhosybedw rents and accounts).

Letters,

Twenty holograph letters addressed largely to David Davies. The writers include S[amuel] Price Davies [son of Sir David Davies], Bickling Vicarage, Bishop Stortford, and London, 1847-1848 (2) (Rhosybedw estate matters, the writer's visit to Frood Vale, the thinning of 'Galt Hugh Shon', personal), Henry Heald, London, 1848 (2) (the production of title-deeds of the Llwyn estate) (together with a copy of a letter from Messrs. Hill & Heald, London, to John Morgan, solicitor, Llandovery, 1848, relating to the same), Henry Jones [of Llwyn], from Abermeurig, undated (2) (money matters, rumours of a discovery in London of a box belonging to an old woman at Cayo and supposed to contain gold), [the Reverend] Richard Jones, Llanyblodwel, etc., 1846-1848 and undated (8) (one addressed to his brother Henry) (the management of the Llwyn estate, Sir David Davies's opinion of the writer, the success of the writer's son, the progress of the Llandovery Institution and its contribution to education in Wales), George Lloyd, Brunant, 1838 (3) (the writer's claim for payment of principal and interest on a bond), J. E. Morgan [niece of Sir David Davies], Berkeley Street [Berkeley Square, London], [1848] and undated (2) (money matters, thanks for a couple of woodcocks, the illness of the writer's cousin), and Josh. Tyler, Grays Inn, 1838 (an opinion on Mr. Lloyd's claim).

Letters,

Nine holograph letters to David Davies, Froodfale, from L[eyson] O. Lewis, from Llandilo, [1821]-1825 (4) (money matters, the receipt of rents, the probate of the will of Jno. Davies), Thos. Lewis, Llandilo, 1820-1825 (4) ( money matters, the possibility of an action by the recipient against exciseman O. Bowen, the death of Mr. Leyson Lewis's clerk Mr. Webber, the rents of Cynyllbach and Tyle Howell), and Wm. Lewis, Llanaeron, 1823 (the ' filling up' of [Twrch] bridge and the right to dig for gravel on one side of it).

Letters,

  • NLW MSS 11772-11773E.
  • File
  • 1824-1837.
  • Part of Behrens MSS

Sixty-seven holograph and autograph letters from L. P. Jones, from Weston- super-Mare, Bath, Melksham, etc., to David Davies, Froodvale, 1824-[1837] ( the recipient's management of the writer's estate in Carmarthenshire, with some references to the Carmarthenshire parliamentary elections of 1832 and 1835 and the writer's political opinions, to a survey of the writer's coal in Glamorgan, to the tithe question in Talley, etc.), together with a few copy and draft replies. At the end of MS. 11773 are holograph letters to David Davies from Thos. Morgan, Merdy, 1835 (an offer for the tenancy of Glanyranell), Messrs. Perkins & Frampton, 1 Grays Inn Square [London], 1835 (requiring the engrossment of an enclosed affidavit by the recipient touching the valuation of estates to be mortgaged by L. P. Jones), and Thos. Thomas and Messrs. L. & T. Thomas, Swansea, 1825 (abstracts of title of properties of L. P. Jones), a copy letter from David Davies to Messrs. Jones & Powell, Brecon, 1834 (answers to queries touching estates to be mortgaged by L. P. Jones), etc.

Letters,

Twenty-three copy and draft letters from D[avid] D[avies], Froodvale, to [ L.P. Jones], 1829-1837 and undated (the rental and management of the recipient's estate); an autograph letter from Jno. Jones, Llandovery, to [ David Dav]ies, [Froo]dvale, 1829 (the payment of money to mortgagees) ( together with a receipt by the writer) (mutilated); a holograph letter on behalf of [John] Powell, Brecon, to David Davies, Froodvale, 1829 (the payment of interest due from Lewis Price Jones); and a holograph letter from M. Anne Philipps, Carmarthen (endorsed 'Mrs. John Philipps, Llandilo '), to [David] Davies, Froodvale, 1834 (the purchase of property by the writer).

David Davies and others.

Letters, &c.,

Documents, 1824-1835, relating to the management by David Davies, Froodvale, of the estates of L. P. Jones in co. Carmarthen. They include a letter (17 pp.) from L. P. Jones, from Weston[-super-Mare], to [David Davies], 1825, a copy letter from D[avid] Davies to [L. P. Jones], 1825, extracts from letters written to David Davies, and a few rental accounts.

Lewis Price Jones, David Davies and others.

Miscellanea,

Miscellaneous papers, including a holograph letter from Benj[amin] Davies, from Paris, to his father [David Davies], undated (money matters, the object of the writer's visit to Paris); vouchers of Anne Davies, Llwyn, 1826-1847 (the shoeing of horses, repairs to Rhosybedw Mill, tithes of Llwyn, etc.); a memorandum of bills paid by Mr. John Price 'towards the Building at Rhosybedw', 1826; a statement of account, 1838-1839, from David Davies to Sir David Davies in respect of the planting of trees on the Rhosybedw estate; a holograph letter from Anne Davies, Llwyn, to D. Davies, Frwdfale, 1838 (a letter from Mr. Lloyd of Brunant concerning a bond); undated draft 'Answers to Mr. Davies's Queries' concerning the administration of the estate of Mrs. Price of Rhosybedw; a holograph letter from Timothy Davies, Commerce House, Cellan, to D. Davies [Ffrwdf©Øl], 1851 (a schedule of claims) (endorsed is a draft letter from [David Davies] to [Sir David Davies], 1855, relating to the possibility of increasing the rental of the Rhosybedw estate); etc.

Miscellaneous documents,

Miscellaneous documents of David Davies and John Morgan Davies, Ffrwdfâl, including a transcript of presentments of the court leet of the lordship or manor of Talley, co. Carmarthen, 1633, defining the boundaries and extent of the grange of Llanycrwys; the pre-nuptial settlement, 1832, of David Lewis, Talyfan, Llandilofawr, co. Carmarthen, and Mary Williams, daughter of Mary Williams of Llwyncynhwyra, parish of Talley, widow (endorsed is a draft letter from [David Davies] to [Sir David Davies, surgeon?], 1836, relating to the purchase of chimney pieces, sheep, oxen, ploughs, etc., for the recipient); a rental of the estate of Lewis Pryse Jones in cos. Carmarthen and Cardigan for the year ending Michaelmas, 1835, together with a settled statement of accounts with D[avid] Davies; a copy of a letter from D. Davies, Froodvale, to L. P. Jones, [18]35 (particulars of farms purchased by the recipient's uncle Dl. Jones, estate matters); eight holograph and autograph letters from L. P. Jones, Melksham, Wiltshire, etc., to David Davies, Froodvale, [18]35-1836 (the recipient's management of the writer's estate, with references to the receipt of bills, the collection of rents, the sowing of barley, potatoes, etc., the construction of gates, etc.); a copy of a portion of a letter from [David Davies] to L. P. Jones, 1836 (entries, 1727-1767, from the court roll of the manor of Talley recording a surrender of, and admission to,Tyrglanyrannell, etc.); an agreement, 1838, between Charles James of Evenlode, co. Worcester, clerk, and Sarah Morgan of Penybont in the town of Llansawel, co. Carmarthen, spinster, for the sale of Blangofyarth and Pantmaur, parish of Llansawel; seven holograph letters from Chas. James, Evenlode, to D[avid] Davies, Froodvale, [18]39-1840 (the completion of the sale of Blangofyarth and Penrhiw and the receipt of the purchase money and rents); a holograph letter from Thos. M. Croome, Cainscross, near Stroud (for self and Harris), to the Reverend Chas. James, Evenlode, 1839, a draft letter from D[avid] D[avies], Froodvale, to [the Reverend Charles James, Evenlode], 1840, and declarations by John Williams [of Clunmarch, Llansawel] and David Davies, 1840, relating to the terms of purchase by John Williams of Penrhiw and Byrgwin; a declaration by Miss [Sarah] Morgan [ of Penybont, Llansawel], 1840, of the terms of purchase of [Blangofyarth and Pantmaur]; a statement of account, 1840, between David Davies and the Reverend Charles James touching the rentals and purchase monies of Penrhiw and Blangofyarth and of Pantmaur; a statement of account of D. Davies, executor of the will of the late Mrs. Anna Jemima Morgan of Llansawel (probate granted 9 September, 1843); a bill of costs, 1868, from Messrs. Humphreys & Morgan, Giltspur Chambers, 119 Newgate Street, London, to John Morgan Davies, Froodvale, for the reconveyance of the Cayo estate; and a holograph letter from Daniel Morgan, Giltspur Chambers, to Jno. M. Davies, Froodvale, 1868 (thanks for a cheque, the recipient's health, congratulations to the recipient on the birth of a son and heir).

David Davies, John Morgan Davies and others.

Rental,

A rent book of the Froodvale estate, 1864-1894, with insets for 1850-1857, 1864, 1885-1886.

Rental,

Accounts of receipts and disbursements by David Davies in respect of the rental of the estate of his cousin Mrs. Sophia Catherine Paynter, Dale Castle, co. Pembroke [in Llandeilo-fawr, Talley, Cynwil Gaeo, Llansawel, etc., co. Carmarthen], 1824-1837.

David Davies.

Rental,

A rent book of the Glanrannell estate of Lewis Pryse Jones in cos. Carmarthen and Cardigan, 1825-1838.

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