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Mortgage by Thomas Pughe of Penwern, Merioneth and his son Rowland Pughe, to Lewis Lewis of Penmaen, Merioneth, of a meadow called Dolwaylod in Isygarreg, Machynlleth, bordered by the river Dyfi (Dovey) and Dolebrythion, 1640/1; and a reconveyance by John Vaughan of Penmaen Dovey, surviving representative of the original mortgagee, to Thomas Pryse the elder of Gogerddan, 1724.

A manuscript containing poetry by Guto'r Glyn, Siôn Tudur, Wiliam Llŷn, Gruffydd Phylip and others.

1. Rouland Owen of Tre Ieuan;
2. David Lloyd Sybylldir of Sybylldir.
   Grant of Tir Tref Ieuan in Tref Ieuan ap Iddon and Treflesk, Anglesey.

1. William John Thomas of Llanllibio;
2. David ap Hugh Morgan of Bodedern.
   Bond for the surrender of deeds upon the repayment of the mortgage debt.

Mortage of the castle and manor of Dinas, the castle and farm of Talgarth etc. by Robert Williams of Cabalva, co. Rad., esq., David Williams of Cornedowne, co. Glos., esq., and Henry Williams, gent., eldest son and heir apparent of the said Robert Williams, to Henry Williams of Gwernyfed, co. Brec., esq., for several sums paid by Robert Williams of Cabalva and others to the several persons subscribed, being the proper debt of Henry Williams of Gwernyfed, 27 Aug. 1641 (J 1).

A establishment of ordinary wages, fees and pensions payable to the officers and servants of the chamber and of the household and to the officers of the revenue of Queen Henrietta Maria, 1641-1642, signed by the Queen.

Exemplification of a fine, levied 17 August 1629, between Robert Hughes and Rice Lloyd, gentlemen, plaintiffs, and Richard ap William Parry and David ap Hugh Morgan, gentlemen, deforceants, when the deforceants acknowledged four messuages in Tre Ieuan ap Iddon and Bodedern to be the right of the plaintiffs. (Seal of Great Session for cos. Caernarvon, Merioneth and Anglesey.)

Certificate issued at the Quarter Sessions of Herefordshire, giving notice of a fire at the dwelling house of Morgan Pryce of Kilpeck [in order to obtain a brief from the Chancellor], 1641

Family and personal papers of the Pryse family of Gogerddan, comprising one section relating to various members of the family, 1641-1952, and the other relating to Lady Marjorie Pryse, 1911-1987. They include royal appointments of the Pryses to the baronetcy and grants of the surname and arms, genealogical papers, pocket books of Pryse Pryse, manuscript poetry and other literature, printed literature, membership papers of the freemasons and other societies, family letters, and the diaries and personal papers of Lady Marjorie Pryse, documenting her early love affair with the Polish pianist, Auguste de Radwan, her subsequent life as the wife of Sir Lewes Pryse of Gogerddan and her eventual decline into poverty, 1911-1987.

Family and personal papers of various members of the Pryse family of Gogerddan, 1641-1952. They comprise royal appointments to the baronetcy and grants of the name of Pryse or Loveden, 1641-[late 19th cent.], genealogical papers, 1738-1928, sermon books from Cardiganshire and Berkshire parishes, 1747-1853, pocket books of Pryse Pryse, 1760-1803, 1821-1838, manusrctipt poetry and other literature, [1650x1950], printed books and pamphlets, 1714-1912, newspapers and cuttings, 1760-[1925], membership books and papers of various clubs and societies including the freemasons, [post-1804]-1925, Pryse family letters, 1697-1952, and miscellaneous Pryse family papers.1673-1674, 1828-1919. This section reflects the status of the Pryse family, their interests and family relationships. The pocket books of Pryse Pryse supplement the diaries which are listed as NLW Manuscripts (q.v.). The family letters reveal a deep concern over the deteriotating financial position of the estate, leading to a serious decline around the turn of the twentieth century.

A list of servants and their allowances at Wimbledon, 21 March 1641[/2], autographed receipts for wages 1641[/2]-1643, receipts for extraordinary charges at Wimbledon, including the wages of garden labourers and weeders, 1641[/2]-1643.

Autographed acquittances for wages and pensions paid by Sir Richard Wynn to the servants and officers of Queen Henrietta Maria.

1. Roland Owen of Tre Ieuan;
2. David Lloyd Sybylldir of Sybylldir.
   Bond for the performance of covenants.

An album of about one hundred and fifty autographs of royalty and of distinguished politicians, public men, and clergy, mainly of the nineteenth century, and mainly collected by Colonel John Lloyd Wynne, Coed Coch, Abergele. Included are a holograph letter, 11 September, 1642, from [Sir] Edw[ard] Nicholas, secretary of state, from Nottingham, to Walter Long, surveyor to the king, at Whitehall (references to the Marquis of Hertford's forces, the movements of the King, the growth of the Army, etc.); an autograph letter, in Latin, 3 December, 1658, from King Charles II from Brussells, to King Frederick of Denmark (the recipient's success against the Dutch); and holograph letters or cut-away autographs of, among others, King George [III or IV], Queen Victoria, Edward Harley, 5th Earl of Oxford, Alexander Chalmers, 1805, Thomas Orde-Powlett, 1st Baron Bolton, 1813, Edward Pellew, 1st viscount Exmouth, 1818, Charles Grey, 2nd earl Grey, 1833, Joseph Wolff, missionary, 1835, William Lamb, 2nd viscount Melbourne, 1836, Augustus Frederick, duke of Sussex, 1837, Daniel O'Connell, 1838, Sir robert Peel, 2nd bart., 1839, Sydney Smith, canon of St. Pauls, 1840, William Howley, archbishop of Canterbury, 1843, Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, cardinal archbishop of Westminster, 1859, Lord John Russell, 1st earl Russell, 1861, Louis Phillippe, duke of Orleans, from Claremont, 1861-3, Edward George Geffrey Smith Stanley, 14th earl of Derby, 1862, Granville George Levenson-Gower, 2nd earl Granville, 1862, Lord John George Beresford, archbishop of Armagh, 1862, Francis Jeune, bishop of Peterborough, 1865, Sir Henry Wentworth Acland, 1868, Richard Chenevix Trench, archbishop of Dublin, 1868, Henry John Temple, 3rd viscount Palmerston, John Bird Summer, archbishop of Canterbury, Samuel Wilberforce, bishop of Oxford, Richard Whately, archbishop of Dublin, etc.

A closely written tract vindicating 'The late action of the Army vpon seuerall members of Parliament' and 'The Parliaments prosecutions to the beheadinge of the late Kinge', followed by a copy, in the same hand, of Morgan Llwyd's poem 'The law was euer aboue kings' (Gweithiau, vol. I, p. 55). The tract and the poem express similar sentiments and the former may also be the work of Morgan Llwyd.

1. Thomas Owen of Penrhose;
2. Richard Hughes, M.A., rector of Llanddeysant.
   Assignment upon a lease of Bronheylog.

1. David ap Hugh Morgan of Bodedern;
2. William John Thomas of Llanllibio.
   Bond for the performance of covenants.