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Papers, 1630-[?1877], of the Griffith family of Garn, Henllan, Denbighshire, mostly relating to George Griffith.
The papers comprise twenty-six letters, 1841-1865, to George Griffith (ff. 44-94), including ten from his wife Charlotte Griffith (née Douglas), March 1841, on the illness and death of her brother Hargreave (ff. 44-63), and ten from Joseph Brereton, Liverpool, 1861-1862 (ff. 69-79, 82-89); nine letters, 1833-1842, to Charlotte Griffith (ff. 22-43); and eleven letters, 1763-1848, addressed to other members of the family (ff. 1-21); together with other papers of George Griffith, [1850s]-[?1877] (some 100 items in total), which include draft and copy letters, newspaper correspondence, and drafts of articles and speeches, mostly by Griffith, on topics of both national interest, such as taxation, the Game Laws, the Reform Bill, etc, and local Denbighshire interest (ff. 95-415), some being written on the reverse of printed ephemera, dated 1859-1866 (ff. 95-108, 245-246, 306-307, 309-310). Also included are miscellaneous items including a receipt, dated 1 October 1630 (f. 416); part of a transcript, [?1690], of a valuation of the Lordship of Ruthin (ff. 417-418); draft answers, [c. 1705], to a bill of complaint of Richard Griffith, relating to the 1686 marriage agreement of Grace Williams, Coedmawr, and John Williams, Caerberllan (ff. 419-423); notes, [c. 1816], on Napoleon and recent European military matters (ff. 424-430); and a letter, 30 October 1853, from [the Deputy Assistant Adjutant General], Scutari, [Istanbul], to the Commanding Officer of the troops at Kulali, [Istanbul] (f. 431). A letter, 4 November 1958, from Ermine Dixon, Preston, to Edward Hall is included (f. iii), together with a few notes on specific items, apparently in the hand of Edward Hall (ff. 2a, 3a, 7a, 13a, 16a, 21b, 416a, 423a).

Original bundle comprising (i) a lease for a year dated 27 April 1781 by Roger Clough of Glanywern, Denbighshire, esq., and Ann Jemima (nee Butler) his wife, to John Warry of New Inn, Middlesex, gent., of an undivided moiety of Heene Farm (428 a.) in the parishes of Heene, West Tarring, Goring and Broadwater, Sussex, and other m's and lands (described), all of which are the same as those mentioned in the marriage settlement of James Butler of Rowdell, Sussex, esq., and Martha his wife dated 19 June 1760, (ii) a lease for a year, also dated 27 April 1781, by Luke Medwin of Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire, gent., and the said Roger Clough and Ann Jemima his wife, to Charles Morgan of Tredegar, esq., and Thomas Clough of Glanywern aforesaid, gent., of an undivided moiety of the manor of Pinkhurst in the parishes of Billingshurst, Itchingfield and West Chiltington, Sussex, also West Farm alias Kithurst Farm (203 a.), Town Farm and Walden Croft (47 a.), all in the parish of Storrington, Nash Farm (60 a.) in the parishes of Thakeham and Shipley, the capital messuage or mansion house called Thakeham Place (210 a.) in the parishes of Thakeham and Warminghurst, the manor of Chankton, the mansion house called Chankton with Chankton and Dinkle Farms (600 a.) in the parishes or hamlets of Washington, Ashington, Wiston and Brunton, and other messuages and lands (described), (iii) a release, dated 28 April 1781, from the said Luke Medwin to Charles Morgan of Tredegar, being the post-nuptial settlement of the said Roger Clough and Ann Jemima his wife, and also to bar all entails and remainders, and (iv-v) final agreements.