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Papers from legal cases involving Sir Richard Pryse of Gogerddan (d. 1675). and his brother Thomas Pryse, 1657-1679. The two most substantial files relate to actions of trespass and ejectment against the Pryses from lands in Aberystwyth, Dynas, Cwm Rheidol, Rhyd Onnen and Llanbadarn Fawr, 1661-1662, and from Bodvage Park and the Lodge, Llangynfelyn, 1662-1679. Other cases concern suit of mill, 1657, and actions for debt, 1666-1673.

Various letters and papers accumulated by Thomas Pryse of Gogerddan (d. 1745) or his trustee Thomas Lloyd of Abertrinant, which include some earlier material, 1660-1790. They incorporate papers from Gogerddan together with the estates which belonged to his wife’s family, Pughe of Mathafarn and Salusbury of Rug. The letters are mainly from Thomas Pryse’s estate agents, his uncle Walter Pryse, other landowners, solicitors, trustees, tradesmen and creditors. They cover the main aspects of his life among the Cardiganshire gentry, as a Member of Parliament (1741-1745) and sheriff of Merioneth (1739). There is much information on Cardiganshire politics and county administration in the mid-eighteenth century. The letters reflect the close social and political relations of the Pryse family with other Cardiganshire gentry such as Powell of Nanteos, Lisburne (Vaughan) of Trawsgoed, Lloyd(e) of Mabws, Lloyd of Peterwell and Richardes of Penglais. There are interesting reports by Walter Pryse, Richard Lloyde and others about parliamentary affairs during Robert Walpole’s ministry, 1730s-1740s. Other major themes include the administration and discharge of debts on the Mathafarn and Rug estates, and the settlement of the Mathafarn estate in 1742; the birth of Thomas Pryse’s son in 1739; the administration of the Gogerddan, Cardigan Priory and Abernantbychan estates; the commercial interests of Gogerddan in lead mining and shipping; and parish affairs in Cardiganshire, Pembrokeshire and Merioneth. The letters of David Roberts describe the management of the Rug estate, parish affairs in Corwen; and the role of the drovers in financial transactions. The letters of James Lewes of Gellidywyll reflect his own functions as estate agent, JP and mayor of Cardigan, discussing politics, county administration, Cardigan town corporation business, the Gogerddan and Mathafarn servants, agricultural practices and the state of the tenantry in rural Wales. Other papers in this series derive from the trust of John Pughe Pryse, by Sir John Philipps, Sir Watkin Williams Wynn and ?Richard Gwynne following the death of Thomas Pryse, in 1745. Most files include copies of outgoing correspondence and letters forwarded from third parties.

Papers deriving from lawsuits heard in the Chancery division of the Court of Great Sessions for Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Cardiganshire, 1661-1711, involving Dame Dorothy Pryse of Bodvage Park (Lodge Park) and Edward Pryse of Llanvread, as executors of Sir Thomas Pryse, deceased, and subsequently involving Lewis Pryse. The majority of the cases concern the recovery of debts due to or owed out of the estate of Thomas Pryse. The most substantial files record an action by the executors against Sir Hugh Middleton, Sir Carbery Pryse, infant (per John Herbert his guardian) and William Wogan, 1661-1683; and a case brought by Martin de Carbonell and Justina his wife against Edward Pryse, Dame Dorothy Pryse and others, and subsequently by Carbonell’s executors, John Bontanden,, John Guerrier and Paul Jodrell, against Lewis Pryse, 1696-1711. Another file relates to claims for a debt due to Alice Lewis of Abergwili, 1685-1696.

Title deeds and other documents relating to properties belonging to the Ormsby Gore family in Ireland, 1665-1920. The main locations are the counties of Sligo, Mayo, Leitrim, Roscommon and Westmeath, and one file relates to Barrowmount, Kilkenny. There is a file of deeds for the estates settled on the marriage of William Richard Ormsby Gore, 1665-[1899]. The majority of the deeds, 1885-1920, record the sale of lands by William Richard Ormsby Gore, second Baron Harlech, to individuals and to various rural district councils for the provision of public utilities such as new waterworks at Lisduff, Sligo, 1885, cemeteries in Rue Poor Law Union, Tobercurry, 1902, and in Killasser, 1906, and sales of Willowbrook estate lands for the purposes of the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, 1907-1910, and to the Congested Districts Board, 1911-1918, under the Irish Land Commission schemes.

Deeds and documents deposited by Miss Margaret Phillips and the late Miss Mary Phillips, Tan-y-bryn, Llandre, Bow Street, per Dr. Richard Phillips.

Household accounts, bills and receipts to Gogerddan, mainly for groceries and provisions, wines and spirits, household articles, furniture, clothing and haberdashery, 1668-1925. Individual items of interest are noted at file level. The series includes a number of account books from tradesmen in Aberystwyth, 1842-1855, and Bow Street, 1880-1899, which constitute an constitute excellent source of information on the local retail establishments and their locations in the mid to late nineteenth century.